Sanitary broom mop



INVENTOR.

M47/ um n A ORNE Sj Dec. 4 1923.

M B DlcKsoN SANITARY BROOM MOP Filedv Feb. 12`. 1925 ga J l Patented Dec. 4, 1923.

MINERVA B. DICKSON, OF BEELVEEERE, CALFORNIA.

SANITARY BRGOli/I .MCB

Application filed February 12, i923.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, MINnRvA B. Bronson, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Belvedere, Marin County, California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Broom Mops, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object a sheath for covering an ordinary broom and which sheath is removable, and in combination therewith a layer of soft material to serve as a mop for wiping floors, walls, and the like.

A further object is a removable mop with attaching means for aiiiXing the same to a broom covering member, in combination with the said broom covering member, having fastening means to enable the same to be fixed over a broom.k

Other objects will appear from the drawings and specications which follow.

l am well aware that other broom covering devices have heretofore been produced of a type that is removably attachable over a broom end and that soft textile material has been applied over such covers for the purpose of giving a wiping or mopping surface thereto.

My invention resides in the Particular' manner of forming and attaching the covering member and forming and attaching the mop surface material to and over the said cover member, whereby the above objects are attained most efficiently, conveniently and economically.

Referring to the accompanying drawing mginvention will be made clear.

lig. 1 illustrates my sanitary broom mop partially fastened over a conventional broom.

Fig. 2 is a cross section of Fig. 1 on the line II-Il thereof.

Fig. 3 is the cover material showing the manner in which it is cut and formed and provided with snaps or fasteners and before it is finished by sewing along certain edges asdescribed below.

Throughout the figures similar numerals refer to identical parts.

A conventional broom handle and broom is shown at 1 and 2 over which my cover 3 is adapted to be slipped from the left of Fig. 1 and the two edges l and 5 are then snappedvtogether by the conventional snaps 6, 6. The edges 7, 8, are preferably sewed together throughout their length as shown by `the seam 9 in Fig. 1, and in any event Serial No, 618,609.

the bottom portion of this cover as shown at 10 is left intact or sewed together.

By cutting and forming the cover as herein specified the broom straws are more readily slipped within the cover without breaking, as distinguished from covers which are slipped over the handle or advanced over the broom straws from the bottom in a direction parallel to the handle. l have found that such axial movement in either putting on or removing the cover invariably breaks or permanently distorts the broom straws 2, resulting in its early destruction. "hereas my cover by slipping on from the side as in the direction of the arrow 11 of Fig. 1 all such damage to the broom straws is avoided.

l prefer to maire the cover member of canvas or other heavy relatively smooth material and to this l apply a mop element preferably of canton flannel or the like which extends upa portion of the way on each side of the cover 3 as shown at 12 and 13 and has a ruliied end 111 and is gathered and ruiiied as shown most clearly at 13 and 14 and 15 in Fig. 1.

This mop member is removably connected to the cover 3 by other snaps as 16, 16, which enable the mop member to be readily separated from the cover 3 and washedv or replaced from time to time as the occasion may arise. The soft canton flannel material of the mop member is very readily handled by the housewife for cleaning or replacing, whereas the canvas cover 3 would be relatively hard and awkward to launder.`

TheI operation is as follows:

The canvas cover being sewed along the edges 7 and 8 as shown by the seam 9 in Fig. 1 and the mop member 12, 13, 14, 15, being snapped thereon as shown by the snaps 16, 16, the'cover is slipped sidewise with the mop member in place from the direction of the arrow 11 of Fig. 1 over the broom and handle 2, and 1, and the snaps 6, 6, engaged along the righthand edge.

The article is now ready for use.

To launder or replace the mop member it is disengaged from the cover 3 by pulling apart the snaps 16, 16, either while the cover is in place on the broom or separate therefrom, and after being laundered may be replaced thereon.

l claim:

1. A mop attachment for brooms comprising a fabric bag open on one side and adaptopposite Said handle.

@losing said Side around the broom, 'u mop member secured to said bag by a Qlurzzlzy of Snaps and eneloslng the end of sand bag 2. A mop attachment, 'for brooms comprising a fabric bag open on one side and adapred to enclose-:1 broom head and lower mrt of the handle by being drawn there-- over transversely t0 the broom straws, snaps for Closing said side around the broom, a mop member secured iorsad bag by a plurality Snaps and enclosing the end of Said bag opposite said handle, said mop member formed with g'ahers.

MINERVA B. DICKSON. 

